Recent Milwaukee Brewers Blogs

Hart to Return Tuesday; Second Wave of Call Ups Near?

Adam McCalvy reports that Corey Hart was 0-1 with a walk in his first rehab start last night.  Hart is working his way back from an appendectomy in early August, and as McCalvy notes, if all goes well this ... more

Brewers’ next pitcher at Miller Park this weekend?

As Brewers' GM Doug Melvin searches for starting pitching help during the offseason, one source may be in Milwaukee this weekend: current Giants' pitchers. The Giants send their second, third, and fourth best pitchers out to the hill against the Brewers ... more

Capuano Still on Long Road to Recovery

Chris Capuano has had Tommy John surgery before.  The first time around, his big league career was in jeopardy before it even really started, going under the knife in May 2002 before he had an opportunity to pitch in a ... more

Brewers Make Two Call-Ups

With the roster limit expanding to 40 today, the Brewers are only making two additions to the active roster.As previously reported, J.J. Hardy returns to the team following a 20-day stint in the minors that will cost ... more

A Walk and 4 Double Plays Sink Pirates as Brewers Sweep

The Pirates collected a fair share of runners through hits and walks. Unfortunately, they had more double plays than runs. Ross Ohlendorf probably deserved better, but he was involved in his own undoing. With the game knotted at one each ... more

Hardy now being called up after 9/01

Buried in Adam McCalvy's article on GM Doug Melvin's rebuttal about the poor '09 rotation, was the line that J.J. Hardy is now no longer going to be called up on September 1:The Brewers do not intend ... more

Bucs Can’t Overcome Duke’s Off Night

There haven't been too many games like this for Zach Duke in 2009. Thank goodness. Duke gave up seven runs in three innings and Milwaukee held on for the win. The Beer Maker scored five times in the first. Prince Fielder ... more

Update: Hoffman Claimed

As we noted yesterday, earlier this week Doug Melvin placed a number of free agents-to-be -- including attractive options such as Trevor Hoffman and Mike Cameron -- on waivers in an attempt to gauge interest before the waiver trade deadline.... more

The Other Brewers awaiting their cup of coffee

With the Brewers' activation of Dave Bush to the 25-man on Thursday afternoon--and the corresponding demotion of pitcher Mike Burns--here is a look as to who the Brewers may call up (and when) when the rosters expand to 40 players ... more

Reports Say Hoffman Claimed by Giants

ESPN's Buster Olney is reporting that the San Francisco Giants were the "mystery team" that claimed Trevor Hoffman, and guesses that the claim was only done to block other playoff contenders from getting the all-time saves leader.It's ... more